Device for trimming and filing finger-nails



(No Model.)

0. P. TENER.

DEVICE FOR TRIMMING AND FILING FINGER NAILS.

No, 403,003. Patented May 7, 1889..

9594M wmj UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMMODORE P. TENER, OF HILLSBOROUGH, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR TRIMMING AND FILING FINGER-NAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,003, dated May 7, 1889.

Application filed February 8, 1889. Serial No. 299,188. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, COMMODORE P. TENER, of Hillsborough, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Trimming and Filing Finger Nails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for trimming, filing, and scraping finger-nails; and it consists in a device which is provided with a sharp point, turned-up sides which are provided with bits at their ends, and a roughened surface, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective of a device which embodies my .invention.

A represents a device which may be so shaped as to be adapted to be put in a handle, the same as a knife-blade, and which has its outer end provided with a sharpened point, B, which is used to clean the finger-nails. The two opposite sides 0 of the point are adapted for scraping the outer surface of the nail. The two opposite edges D are turned upward any desired distance and have their ends sharpened so as to form bits G for trimming the nails. The projecting edges of the point outside of the flanges or edges serve to regulate the length of the nails, and thus keep them of uniform length. The surface of the device or blade in between these turned-up edges is roughened, like afile, so that the ends of the nails can be filed away.

Where it is desired to have the nails of uniform length, the turned-up edges are made to catch inside of the nail, and thus the ends of the nails are prevented from being filed away beyond a certain length. If desired, these turned-up edges or flanges may be made of different widths, so that the nails can be given different lengths, as maybe desired, andso that the outer edge, when the blade is placed in a handle, will not wear or injure the pocket. The ends of these turned-up edges or flanges are sharpened from their inner. sides, as shown. As here shown, these turnedup edges or flanges are formed by cutting into opposite sides of the blade or device at two points and then turning up the metal in between the cuts; but I do not limit myself to this particular construction. The edges may be turned up without cutting into the blade, as shown. This device is intended p be used either as an attachment'for a pockets, 6o knife, or a separate handle by itself, as may? be desired. When this device is used in a handle, the outer flange or turned-up edge serves as a means for opening the device, like a blade to a knife. That part of the blade through which the rivet is passed in the handle should be made as thick as the flanges or bits are wide, so that the blade will close without interfering with the sides of the handle.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I claim v A device for cleaning, trimming, filing, and scraping finger-nails, having a point at its outer end, the turned-up sides sharpened at both their ends, and a roughened surface in between the sides, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

COMMODORE P. TENER.

Witnesses CHAS. RICHARDS, A. T. BOATMAN. 

